Quote of the Day 9/28/2012

“You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.”

James Weldon Johnson

 

 

James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist. Johnson is remembered best for his leadership within the NAACP, as well as for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore. He was also one of the first African-American professors at New York University. Later in life he was a professor of creative literature and writing at Fisk University. 

HBCU FAMOUS ALUMNI: Herman Cain

Herman Cain

 

 

Cain, who recently threw his hat in the ring for the Republican presidential nomination, graduated Morehouse in 1967. He studied mathematics

Ouote of the Day 9/27/2012

"The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing."

 

Richard Wright

 

 

 

Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an African-American author of sometimes controversial novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially those involving the plight of African-Americans during the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. His work helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century.

Fayetteville State University’s 2012 Fall Convocation

 

http://www.uncfsu.edu/

 

Fayetteville State University (FSU) will kick off the 146th academic year with Fall Convocation. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, October 4, at 2:00 p.m. in the J.W. Seabrook Auditorium. The public is invited to attend.

Keynote speaker for the event will be John S. Wilson, Executive Director of the White House Initiatives on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In that role, part of Wilson’s duties is to ensure that HBCUs are a significant force in helping the nation to reach the goal set by President Barack Obama of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by the year 2020.

 

Before working with the White House Initiative, Wilson was an associate professor of higher education in the Graduate School of Education, and an executive dean at the George Washington University. He spent the first 16 years of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he ultimately served as director of foundation relations and assistant provost. He received a bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College, a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University, and both a master’s and a doctoral degree in administration, planning and social policy, also from Harvard University. While working at MIT, he served as a teaching fellow in Harvard University’s Afro-American Studies Department as well as in Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

 

Presiding over Fall Convocation will be Chancellor James. A. Anderson. Chancellor Anderson was named the 11th Chief Executive Officer of FSU on March 7, 2008. He comes to FSU from the University of Albany in New York where he served as the Vice President for Student Success and Vice Provost for Institutional Assessment and Diversity. He also was a professor in the department of psychology.

 

Raised in Washington, D.C, Anderson majored in psychology at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, graduating in 1970. He later earned a doctoral degree in the field (1980) from Cornell University in New York. Early in his career, Chancellor Anderson chaired the Department of Psychology at Xavier University in News Orleans (1976-1983) before joining the Indiana University of Pennsylvania as a professor of psychology.

 

In 1992, he began an 11-year tenure as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs at North Carolina State University. In that role, he was credited with leading a revision of the general education curriculum, as well as the development of the First Year College, the Honors Programs, the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, the Minority Engineering Program, and the North Carolina State Diversity Initiative, among others.

 

In 2003, Anderson was recruited to Texas A&M University, a major land-grant institution serving more than 46,000 students, as Vice President and Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment and Diversity. He held that post until joining the University of Albany in 2005.

 

Founded in 1867, FSU is the second-oldest public institution in North Carolina. It offers nearly 60 degrees in the arts, sciences, business, and education at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. It serves a student body of nearly 6,000 students and has a faculty and staff of approximately 900.

 

For more information, call (910) 672-1474 or email jwomble@uncfsu.edu.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to launch the "Purchase with a Purpose" campaign.

Our Mission & Vision

Our mission is three-fold:

• Partner with our member-schools to increase access, retention and graduation rates of students
• Identify and prepare students attending member-schools who have significant leadership potential
• Create a pipeline for employers to highly qualified member-school students and alumni

Our Vision
Changing the World … One Leader at a Time

 

 K&G Fashion Superstore & The Blair Underwood (BU) Collection have partnered with Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to launch the "Purchase with a Purpose" campaign. From now through December 31, 2012 shoppers with the special TMCF coupon or code will receive 10% off their entire in-store, or on-line purchase. In addition, at the end of the campaign K&G has agreed to donate 10% of each purchase back to TMCF.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Obama: Fight 'of Our Era' at the Polls

 

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(The Root) -- On the heels of her widely praised speech at the Democratic National Convention, first lady Michelle Obama delivered another high-profile address, this time at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual Phoenix Awards gala in Washington, D.C. As first reported on The Root, this year marked the first lady's first year delivering a keynote at the event where her husband has spoken in previous years.

 

 

The first lady was warmly embraced by the Phoenix Awards audience, just like she was by the supportive crowd at the Democratic National Convention, but that is where similarities between the two speeches end. Her speech before the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation audience was one of the most overtly political of her tenure as first lady, drawing comparisons between the civil rights battles of the 20th century and what's at stake in the 2012 presidential election.

 

 

Though she's no stranger to the campaign trail, the first lady's speeches have tended to focus on policy and her husband's accomplishments, without wading too deeply into controversial political terrain. Her Democratic Convention speech was hailed for its subtlety, drawing contrasts to her husband's opponent, while never mentioning him by name, and making references to reproductive rights, while never mentioning abortion. But there was little subtlety about her Phoenix Awards speech. Mrs. Obama's message was explicit: We are in the political and civil rights battle of our time, and we all have to roll up our sleeves and fight.

 

 

Opening her remarks by recalling some of the racist obstacles various members of the Congressional Black Caucus had to overcome to succeed (including Rep. Barbara Lee's near-death because a white hospital delayed treatment for her mother during childbirth) the first lady concluded that the sociopolitical battles of today may be different from past civil rights battles, but are no less important. This sentiment will likely draw criticism from the political right, for whom racism and discrimination in the age of the first black president has been characterized as a myth perpetuated by the progressive left.

 

Seeming to acknowledge those who question the magnitude of today's struggle for equality, the first lady spoke about the nuances of defining today's battles, in which the fights are no longer against Jim Crow-era segregation, but challenges that are less obvious -- and therefore tougher to overcome.

 

"But today," she said, "while there are no more 'whites only' signs keeping us out, no one barring our children from the schoolhouse door, we know that our journey is far, far from finished. But in many ways, the path forward for this next generation is far less clear." Speaking of educational and health disparities affecting our children, she asked, "What court case do we bring on their behalf? What laws can be passed to end those wrongs?"

 

 

Mrs. Obama's conclusion was that ultimately the best way to continue the fight is at the polls on Election Day, this year and in each election to come. "And make no mistake about it, this is the march of our time -- marching door to door, registering people to vote. Marching everyone you know to the polls every single election. See, this is the sit-in of our day: sitting in a phone bank, sitting in your living room, calling everyone you know -- your friends, your neighbors, that nephew you haven't seen in a while, that classmate you haven't spoken to in years -- making sure they all know how to register, where to vote, every year, in every election. This is the movement of our era -- protecting that fundamental right, not just for this election, but for the next generation and generations to come."

 

The tone of Mrs. Obama's speech is particularly noteworthy, because the president has endured criticism from members of the Congressional Black Caucus for what they perceive as his administration's lackluster approach to addressing issues that disproportionately affect black Americans. More specifically, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver and others have noted the president's seeming hesitancy to articulate any specific overtures to black Americans at all, for fear that critics will accuse him of pro-black favoritism, or of being antiwhite. But by the same token, black voters had a major hand in electing President Obama; he cannot afford to ignore black Americans and their needs, specifically and directly, if he expects to have a second term.

 

 

Michelle Obama's speech tonight, though deftly executed, was perhaps one of the most public acknowledgments of this reality by anyone in the Obama camp this election cycle, save for Vice President Joe Biden's "chains" remark. Her speech was a testament to the importance of black voters and the importance of black congressional members as the key liaisons for the Obama campaign to those voters.

 

 

There is no second Obama term without the enthusiasm of black congressional members. Mrs. Obama made sure they left the Phoenix Awards enthused, or as the president might say, "fired up."

 

    

 

The U.S Department of Education Awards nearly $228 million to 97 HBCU’s. Breakdown

On September 18^th, 2012 the U.S Department of Education awarded nearly 228 million dollars to HBCU’s in five-year grants. The formula for the grants is formulated by the number of Pell Grant recipients per year, number of graduates over the past with graduate school or professional training, which determines a proportion of total funding which is appropriated to each institution.

The U.S Secretary of Education, Anne Duncan said, “HBCU’s have made enduring, even staggering contributions to American life despite the steep financial challenges many have faced….The grants will help these important institutions continue to provide their students with the quality education they need to compete in the global economy.

The Grio released negative connotations in an article, “Obama White House awards HBCU’s, but how will the money be managed?” The article depicts HBCU’s as schools who have Presidents that mismanage funds and questions their ability to manage the funding. Hence, 16 HBCU’s have vacancies for President.

Yet, although HBCU’s account for only three percent of all U.S. colleges, they produce 40 percent of the nation’s black science graduates. They are responsible for generating 75 percent of all African-American Ph.D.’s and 70 percent of black federal judges.

We attempted to reach out to Jim Bradshaw at the U.S Department of Education but, he was not available for questioning.

A complete list of the 97 grant award recipients follows:
Alabama

• Alabama A&M University — $3,236,524
• Alabama State University — $3,994,637
• Bishop State CC—Carver Campus — $500,000
• Bishop State CC—Main Campus — $1,838,546
• Concordia College—Selma — $1,002,132
• Gadsden State Community College — $250,000
• H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College — $1,244,976
• J.F. Drake State Technical College — $1,433,843
• Lawson State Community College — $2,991,584
• Miles College — $2,011,679
• Oakwood College — $1,576,796
• Shelton State Community College — $1,145,605
• Stillman College — $1,742,200
• Talladega College — $1,339,273
• Tuskegee University — $2,279,998

Arkansas

• Arkansas Baptist College — $1,435,675
• Philander Smith University — $1,859,312
• Shorter College — $250,000
• University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff — $3,275,591

District of Columbia

• University of the District of Columbia — $2,415,668

Delaware

• Delaware State University — $2,173,761

Florida

• Bethune-Cookman University — $2,926,836
• Edward Waters College — $1,297,176
• Florida A&M University — $6,596,639
• Florida Memorial University — $2,025,731

Georgia

• Albany State University — $3,724,604
• Clark Atlanta University — $2,756,524
• Fort Valley State University — $2,626,143
• Morehouse College — $2,300,748
• Paine College — $1,514,609
• Savannah State University — $2,793,926
• Spelman College — $2,085,873

Kentucky

• Kentucky State University — $2,192,831

Louisiana

• Dillard University — $2,006,534
• Grambling State University — $3,444,511
• Southern University & A&M College — $5,331,871
• Southern University New Orleans — $2,577,184
• Southern University Shreveport — $2,812,234
• Xavier University of Louisiana — $3,199,496

Maryland

• Bowie State University — $3,001,958
• Coppin State University — $2,774,741
• Morgan State University — $3,890,113
• University of Maryland, Eastern Shore — $2,535,353

Missouri

• Harris-Stowe State University — $1,578,832
• Lincoln University — $2,289,891

Mississippi

• Alcorn State University — $2,981,217
• Coahoma Community College — $2,472,769
• Hinds Community College — $1,592,626
• Jackson State University — $5,314,828
• Mississippi Valley State University — $2,539,567
• Rust College — $1,505,037
• Tougaloo College — $2,195,106

North Carolina

• Bennett College — $1,457,849
• Elizabeth City State University — $3,474,658
• Fayetteville State University — $3,842,872
• Johnson C. Smith University — $1,886,314
• Livingstone College — $1,476,226
• North Carolina A&T State University — $5,246,940
• North Carolina Central University — $4,090,693
• St. Augustine’s College — $1,638,519
• Shaw University — $2,467,589
• Winston-Salem State University — $4,375,966

Ohio

• Central State University — $1,978,028
• Wilberforce University — $1,231,005

Oklahoma

• Langston University — $2,356,747

Pennsylvania

• Cheyney University of Pennsylvania — $1,712,647
• Lincoln University of Pennsylvania — $2,081,149

South Carolina

• Allen University — $1,382,744
• Benedict College — $2,672,945
• Claflin University — $1,844,621
• Clinton Junior College — $250,000
• Denmark Technical College — $1,610,441
• Morris College — $1,561,979
• South Carolina State University — $3,354,581
• Voorhees College — $1,743,086

Tennessee

• Fisk University — $1,356,300
• Lane College — $2,691,975
• LeMoyne-Owen College — $1,252,907
• Tennessee State University — $4,851,718

Texas

• Huston-Tillotson University — $1,985,989
• Jarvis Christian College — $991,903
• Paul Quinn College — $1,079,394
• Prairie View A&M University — $4,334,301
• SW Christian College — $250,000
• St. Philip’s College — $5,404,878
• Texas College — $1,095,504
• Texas Southern University — $4,438,376
• Wiley College — $1,600,510

Virginia

• Hampton University — $2,641,339
• Norfolk State University — $3,312,058
• St. Paul’s College — $1,392,751
• Virginia State University — $3,679,066
• Virginia Union University — $1,719,627
• Virginia University of Lynchburg — $500,000

West Virginia

• Bluefield State College — $1,208,548
• West Virginia State University — $1,921,352

U.S. Virgin Islands

• University of Virgin Islands — $1,650,898

ASU HBCU CONFERENCE 2013

Quote of the Day 9/26/2012

"Too often the educational value of doing well what is done, however little, is overlooked. One thing well done prepares the mind to do the next thing better. Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered."

Booker T. Washington

 

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor to Republican presidents. He was the dominant leader in the African-American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915. Representative of the last generation of black American leaders born in slavery, he spoke on behalf of the large majority of blacks who lived in the South but had lost their ability to vote through disfranchisement by southern legislatures. Historians note that Washington, "advised, networked, cut deals, made threats, pressured, punished enemies, rewarded friends, greased palms, manipulated the media, signed autographs, read minds with the skill of a master psychologist, strategized, raised money, always knew where the camera was pointing, traveled with an entourage, waved the flag with patriotic speeches, and claimed to have no interest in partisan politics. In other words, he was an artful politician." While his opponents called his powerful network of supporters the "Tuskegee Machine," Washington maintained control because of his ability to gain support of numerous groups including influential whites and the black business, educational and religious communities nationwide. He advised on financial donations from philanthropists, and avoided antagonizing white Southerners with his accommodation to the political realities of the age of Jim Crow segregation.

AFSCME/UNCF/Harvard University LWP Union Scholars Program 2012

 

 

 

Scholarship Value:

up to $ 5000

 

Classifications:

College Junior, College Sophomore

                    

Minimum GPA:

2.5

 

Eligible Majors:

American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, English, Ethnic Studies, History, Labor Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Women's Studies, Spanish 

                   

Eligible Schools:

Open for 4 Year Colleges Only 

                                       

Eligible Locations:

Open 

                                       

Application Deadline:

Thursday, February 28, 2013

             

How to Apply:

Apply Online

Scholarship Detail:

We believe the future is in the hands of those with the ability and desire to change the world. People like you. That is why we are co-sponsoring the AFSCME/UNCF/Harvard University LWP Union Scholars Program. Our public service union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), has joined with Harvard University and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to let those of you who qualify experience what it is like to be part of the labor movement. You can work on the front lines of a real union organizing campaign, where you will talk to workers about gaining a voice on the job, fair wages and benefits for themselves and their families ...by joining a union. You will get an opportunity to do the day-to-day work of outreach to workers by phone and on home visits, campaign research and material development. But the best part is that you will have a chance to make a difference in the lives of people. Plus, you will receive scholarship funding as well as have a real world experience that may help you see what lies in your future. Valid Driver's License required.

 

Donor/Sponsor Name:

AFSCME

 

Donor/Sponsor URL:

http://www.afscme.org

Edward S. Roth Manufacturing Engineering Scholarship

All applicants must be graduating high school seniors or current full-time graduate or undergraduate students seeking a bachelor's or master's degree in manufacturing engineering from an ABET-accredited school.

All applicants must have/and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale. Preferences will be given to students demonstrating financial need, minority students and students participating in a Co-Op program. The scholarship can be used only as a credit toward books, fees, or tuition. Student must be a U.S. citizen.

Award amount

Minimum Award:	$1,000.00
Average Award:	unspecified
Maximum Award:	unspecified

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Deadline Details

February 1  Study Areas
manufacturing engineering

Minimum GPA:	3
Maximum GPA:	4

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Sponsor information

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation
One SME Drive, P.O. Box 930
Dearborn, MI 48121
United States
313 425-3300
313 425-3411 (fax)
foundation@sme.org
http://www.smeef.org

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Contact information

United States
313 425-3300
foundation@sme.org

Quote of the Day 9/25/2012

"There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past."

Ernest J. Gaines (1933-)
interview with John O'Brien in African American Writers (1991)

Ernest James Gaines (born January 15, 1933) is an African-American author. His works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works have been made into television movies.^[1]

His 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Gaines has been a MacArthur Foundation fellow, awarded the National Humanities Medal, and inducted into the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) as a Chevalier.

Quote of the Day 9/21/2012

President Obama Signs New Initiative to Improve Educational Outcomes for African Americans

Executive Order Establishes the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans

On Wednesday, during his remarks at the National Urban League conference in New Orleans, LA, President Obama announced he would sign an Executive Order today to improve outcomes and advance educational opportunities for African Americans.

The President has made providing a complete and competitive education for all Americans – from cradle to career – a top priority. The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans will work across Federal agencies and with partners and communities nationwide to produce a more effective continuum of education programs for African American students. The Initiative aims to ensure that all African American students receive an education that fully prepares them for high school graduation, college completion, and productive careers.

In the nearly 60 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision put America on a path toward equal educational opportunity, America’s educational system has undergone a remarkable transformation. Many African American children who attended substandard, segregated schools in the 1950s have grown up to see their children attend integrated and effective elementary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities. Nonetheless, substantial obstacles to equal educational opportunity still remain in America’s educational system. African American students lack equal access to highly effective teachers and principals, safe schools, and challenging college-preparatory classes, and they disproportionately experience school discipline and referrals to special education.

Significantly improving the educational outcomes of African Americans will provide substantial benefits for our country by advancing important outcomes, like increasing college completion rates, employment rates, and the number of African American teachers. Enhanced educational outcomes for African Americans will lead to more productive careers, improved economic mobility and security, and greater social well-being for all Americans.

Advancing Educational Achievement of African American Students

The President has set the goal for America to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. To reach this ambitious goal, and to ensure equality of access and opportunity in education for all Americans, the Obama Administration is dedicating new resources, through rigorous and well-rounded academic and support services, to enable African American students to improve their educational achievement and prepare for college and career.

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, housed within the Department of Education, will work with the Executive Office of the President and Cabinet agencies to identify evidence-based best practices to improve African American student achievement in school and college, and to develop a national network of individuals, organizations, and communities that will share and implement these practices. It will also help ensure that Federal programs and initiatives administered by the Department of Education and other Federal agencies maintain a focus on serving and meeting the educational needs of African Americans. The Initiative will complement the existing White House Initiative that strengthens the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by working with Federal agencies and partners nationwide to provide all African American students with a more effective continuum of education programs.

To deliver a complete and competitive education for all African Americans, the Initiative will promote, encourage, and undertake efforts designed to meet several objectives, including:

• Increasing the percentage of African American children who enter kindergarten ready for success by improving access to high-quality early learning and development programs;
• Ensuring that all African American students have access to high-level, rigorous course work and support services that will prepare them for college, a career, and civic participation;
• Providing African American students with equitable access to effective teachers and principals in pursuit of a high-quality education, and supporting efforts to improve the recruitment, preparation, development, and retention of successful African American teachers and principals;
• Promoting a positive school climate that does not rely on methods that result in disparate use of disciplinary tools, and decreasing the disproportionate number of referrals to special education by addressing root causes of the referrals;
• Reducing the dropout rate of African American students and increasing the proportion of African American students who graduate from high school prepared for college and career;
• Increasing college access, college persistence, and college attainment for African American students;
• Strengthening the capacity of institutions of higher education that serve large numbers of African American students, including community colleges, HBCUs, Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs), and other institutions; and
• Improving the quality of, and expanding access to, adult education, literacy, and career and technical education.

The Presidential Advisory Commission and Federal Interagency Working Group to Enhance Educational Outcomes for African American Students

The Executive Order also creates the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans, to aid and advise the work of the Initiative. The Commission will advise President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on matters pertaining to the educational attainment of the African American community, including the development, implementation, and coordination of resources aimed at improving educational opportunities and outcomes for African Americans of all ages. The Commission will also engage the philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and education communities in a national dialogue on African American student achievement, and work with the Initiative to establish partnerships with stakeholders from these sectors to achieve the objectives of this Executive Order.

The Executive Order also establishes a Federal Interagency Working Group on Educational Excellence for African Americans. The Working Group will be chaired by the Initiative’s Executive Director, and will convene senior officials from the Executive Office of the President and several Cabinet and sub-Cabinet agencies to coordinate the Federal investment in education programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing outcomes for African Americans in early childhood education; elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education; career and technical education; and adult education.

White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The White House Initiative on Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) will host a two-day national conference commemorating National HBCU Week and highlighting the significant contributions which HBCUs have made to the nations. Additionally, the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs will meet on Thursday, September 27, 2012.

Quote of the Day 9/20/2012

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Essence Innovation in Education: Solutions For Communities of Color Panel Dis

Join Congresswoman Edwards and ESSENCE for an important panel discussion on Innovation in Education in DC on 9/21 during CBCF. weekend

Quote of the Day 9/19/2012

"Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it."     

Marian Wright Edelman

 

Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children's Defense Fund and its Action Council whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

100 Black Men of Atlanta Football Classic 2012 College Fair

http://www.100blackmen-atlanta.org/hafsa/2012Colle

College Fair

• Event Location: Georgia World Congress Center - Building B, Hall B1
• Event Date: Saturday, September 29, 2012
• Event Time: 10:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.
• Description: The College Fair is a free event geared toward high school juniors and seniors interested in attending college. Admissions and financial aid representatives from over 50 colleges and/or universities around the Southeast are on hand to answer your questions and provide important information on enrollment at their respective institutions. Students are encouraged to bring copies of any test scores they may have (ACT, SAT, etc.) available. Registration is requested.

RTNDA Ed Bradley Broadcast Journalism Scholarship

 

 

 

 

http://www.rtdna.org/

Who Is Eligible:

A $10,000 award established by Ed Bradley, 60 Minutes correspondent at CBS News, was once a teacher and made a switch to journalism. Bradley spoke of introducing deserving minority students to the communications career field and endowed this annual award.

Winners of the Ed Bradley, Carole Simpson, Lou & Carole Prato Sports Reporting and Mike Reynolds Scholarships also receive an expenses-paid trip to the RTNDA International Conference.

Requirements:
Must be officially enrolled in college and have at least one full academic year remaining.
Must be a fully enrolled college sophomore or higher. (Freshman are not eligible).
Must apply for only one scholarship.
May be enrolled in any major so long as your intent is a career in electronic journalism.
May submit samples of web work in addition to materials requested (see application).

REQUIRED ITEMS FOR ALL APPLICATIONS:A completed application form, signed by your faculty sponsor, clearly identifying the scholarship for which you are applying.

A copy of your resume.

One to three examples showing your journalistic skills, totaling 15 minutes or less, on audio CD or DVD, accompanied by scripts.

A brief statement describing your role (writing, editing, producing, reporting, videography) in each story and a list of colleagues, if any, who worked on each story and what they did.

A one-page statement explaining why you seek a career in electronic journalism, with reference to your specific career preferences (radio, TV, online; reporting, producing or newsroom management).A letter of reference from your dean or faculty sponsor explaining why you are a good candidate for an award. The letter must also certify that you have at least one or more years of school remaining.


 

Quote of the Day 9/18/2012

"When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price."

      

Arthur Ashe

 

Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was a former World No. 1 professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States. Ashe, an African American, was the first black player ever selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man to ever win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He is also remembered for his efforts to further social causes.

Gates Millennium Scholars Program

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science. The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for thousands of outstanding students with significant financial need to reach their fullest potential.

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. We provide Gates Millennium Scholars with personal and professional development through our leadership programs along with academic support throughout their college career.

The GMS 2013 online scholarship application is now completely online. Click here to apply now. Please note that GMS is only accepting online submissions. The new system will allow applicants to log in after the deadline to view their application status.


For more information about the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, please visit http://www.gmsp.org

Federal Pell Grant Program: Purpose

U.S. Department of Education

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/fpg/index.html

To get a Pell grant, you must complete the...

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

Quick information on Pell grants:

• A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, does not have to be repaid.
• The maximum Pell grant for the 2011-12 award year (July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012) is $5,550.
• The amount depends on your financial need, costs to attend school, status as a full-time or part-time student, and plans to attend school for a full academic year or less.
• Learn more about Pell grants.
• To apply, complete the FAFSA.

CFDA Number: 84.063
Also Known As: Pell Grants; formerly called Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOGs)

Program Description

The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain postbaccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education. Students may use their grants at any one of approximately 5,400 participating postsecondary institutions. Grant amounts are dependent on: the student's expected family contribution (EFC) (see below); the cost of attendance (as determined by the institution); the student's enrollment status (full-time or part-time); and whether the student attends for a full academic year or less. Students may not receive Federal Pell Grant funds from more than one school at a time.

Financial need is determined by the U.S. Department of Education using a standard formula, established by Congress, to evaluate the financial information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and to determine the family EFC. The fundamental elements in this standard formula are the student's income (and assets if the student is independent), the parents' income and assets (if the student is dependent), the family's household size, and the number of family members (excluding parents) attending postsecondary institutions. The EFC is the sum of: (1) a percentage of net income (remaining income after subtracting allowances for basic living expenses and taxes) and (2) a percentage of net assets (assets remaining after subtracting an asset protection allowance). Different assessment rates and allowances are used for dependent students, independent students without dependents, and independent students with dependents. After filing a FAFSA, the student receives a Student Aid Report (SAR), or the institution receives an Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR), which notifies the student if he or she is eligible for a Federal Pell Grant and provides the student's EFC.

FSA Handbook
Federal Pell Grants are direct grants awarded through participating institutions to students with financial need who have not received their first bachelor's degree or who are enrolled in certain postbaccalaureate programs that lead to teacher certification or licensure. Participating institutions either credit the Federal Pell Grant funds to the student's school account, pay the student directly (usually by check) or combine these methods. Students must be paid at least once per term (semester, trimester, or quarter); schools that do not use formally defined terms must pay the student at least twice per academic year.

What is the Difference Between a Grant and a Scholarship?

What's a Grant?

A grant comes either from your school or the US government and is typically awarded based on financial need. A grant is different than a loan; usually you don't have to repay the money awarded from a grant.

What is a Scholarship?

Scholarships are merit or need-based awards for achievement that can help you pay for college. Scholarships can come from your school or the private sector.

Quote of the Day

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world"      

 

Harriet Tubman

 

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Harriet Ross; Feb.-Mar. 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made more than thirteen missions to rescue more than 70 slaves^[1] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage.

Kosher Kickers

 

http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/national-news/kosher-kickers

Jewish place-kickers at historically black colleges are a breed apart.Houston

— As the college football season gets underway, two Jews in the South will soon exchange New Year’s greetings.
 

That’s not unusual. But their background is — both are or have been college students at Historically Black University and Colleges (HBCUs), and both have played on their schools’ football teams as place kickers.


Robbie Hersh, a senior at Texas Southern University here who missed last season because of an injury, and Abraham Mercado, who played at Morgan State University in Baltimore before transferring this year to Florida Atlantic University to study film, met after a story in this paper last year (“I Create My Own Jewish Life,” Aug. 26, 2011) profiled Mercado. They have shared, mostly through Facebook, their common experiences as minority white students — and as virtually the sole Jewish students — where most of their schoolmates are black Christians.


“We are both in the same [Jewish] fraternity,” Alpha Epsilon Pi, “which is awesome,” Mercado tells The Jewish Week in an email interview. Both have affiliated with nearby Hillel chapters, shopping for kosher food at local supermarkets, and finding themselves mild objects of curiosity off-campus, for playing college football on scholarship and for doing it at black schools.
People who hear that Hersh, 22, is a kicker at TSU often assume he means Texas State University, a liberal arts institution in San Marcos, he says. “No, the other one,” the HBCU, he tells them.


The TSU Tigers opened their 2012 season Saturday night against Prairie View A&M University – Hersh kicked three field goals in the game, including the game-winner, from 47 yards out, as the final gun sounded.
The 5-foot-10, 240-pound Hersh, a one-time soccer player who shares his interest in placekicking with his older brother Jonathan, a former collegiate kicker (together, they run Hersh Brothers Kicking Camp, hershbrotherskicking.com), played high school football in nearby Pearland and was recruited by TSU. At home as the only Jew in classes and the locker room, he handles the usual good-natured “white boy” ribbing, and fields teammates’ questions about his eating habits (he eschews treif at team meals) and about other aspects of Jewish tradition.


A few fellow players engaged in banter in the TSU field house before a recent practice session, Hersh taking kidding about his singing performance as a freshman during a team orientation. When his mother was dying of cancer three years ago, his teammates visited her in the hospital, and nearly the entire team came to her funeral, Hersh says. “Everyone was supportive.
“These guys will be at my wedding,” he says.


Neither Hersh (who would like to kick in the NFL, and hopes to become a special education teacher) nor Mercado can offer a sociological explanation for Jewish place-kickers ending up at HBCUs. Both are following in the footsteps of Gil Landau, an Israeli who kicked for Grambling State University, the so-called Black Notre Dame, in the early 1990s.
They’re not the only Jewish place-kickers at American universities.
Stephen Stein, from Blue Ash, Ohio, plays for Bowling Green University. “After our game last year,” Mercado says, “he came up to me and said, ‘It’s great to meet another Jewish kicker. Happy Rosh HaShanah.’”

AARP Foundation Awards 46 Scholarships To Low-Income Women Over 50

By AARP Illinois

AARP Illinois

Last modified: 2012-09-05T15:06:05Z

Published: Wednesday, Sep. 5, 2012 - 8:04 am

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CHICAGO, Sept. 5, 2012 -- Illinois recipients will use scholarships for education and re-careering opportunities

CHICAGO, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP Foundation today announced it has awarded 46 scholarships in its sixth annual Women's Scholarship Program. The scholarships provide opportunity for low-income 50-plus women by funding education, training, and skills upgrades that can lead to better employment and increased financial security for women and their families. A total of over $175,000 was awarded in increments of $500 to $5,000 depending on financial need and the cost of the education or training program.


Three women from Illinois (from Waukegan, Urbana and Bloomington) were selected to receive scholarships totaling $8,000.
"AARP Foundation is committed to elevating opportunities for women," said AARP Foundation President Jo Ann Jenkins. "We are so proud of this program, which has helped hundreds of deserving women have access to the educational opportunities to advance their employment goals and ensure better financial security for themselves and their families."


While many individuals benefit from the work of AARP Foundation, research shows that women are disproportionately at risk of having insufficient funds in the second half of their lives due to lower earning and different work patterns. AARP Foundation created the Women's Scholarship Program in August 2007 to help older women overcome financial and employment barriers by facilitating their entry into education and training programs they could otherwise not afford, and ultimately assisting in their recession recovery efforts. The AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program is a part of a greater Workforce Initiative that is paving the way to stable income by connecting unemployed workers 50-plus with hourly-wage jobs to strengthen local economies and changing lives.


Every year, the Women's Scholarship Program awards scholarships to eligible women with lower incomes and limited financial resources. In addition to being an older student, to be eligible for the scholarships, applicants must:

• Be female and age 50 or older;
• Be a U.S. Citizen;
• Be able to demonstrate financial need; and
• Be enrolled in an accredited school or technical training program within six months of the scholarship award date.

Scholarship winners are chosen by two independent panels established by AARP Foundation. They are chosen on the basis of financial need, personal circumstances and achievements, educational goals, and the likely impact of the scholarship on their lives. The scholarship application period opens each spring and scholarships are awarded every summer. For more information, visit www.aarp.org/womensscholarship.  The scholarship program is made possible by AARP Foundation donors with generous support from AARP.


About AARP Foundation AARP Foundation is working to win back opportunity for struggling Americans 50+ by being a force for change on the most serious issues they face today: housing, hunger, income and isolation. By coordinating responses to these issues on all four fronts at once, and supporting them with vigorous legal advocacy, the Foundation serves the unique needs of those 50+ while working with local organizations nationwide to reach more people, work more efficiently and make resources go further. AARP Foundation is the charitable affiliate of AARP. Learn more at www.aarpfoundation.org.
SOURCE AARP Illinois

HBCU FAMOUS ALUMNI

 

Common attended Florida A&M University for two years under a scholarship and majored in business administration. After being featured in the Unsigned Hype column of The Source magazine, Lynn debuted in 1992 with the single "Take It EZ", followed by the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, under stage name Common Sense.

 

How Might Pell Grants Fare Under Obama and Romney?

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/student-loan-ranger

By Equal Justice WorksSeptember 5, 2012

 

As the Student Loan Ranger noted in an earlier blog post, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's education plan, "A Chance for Every Child: Mitt Romney's Plan for Restoring the Promise of American Education," is a bit vague in specifics.

When it comes to Pell grants, for example, it promises only to "refocus Pell Grant dollars on the students that need them most and place the program on a responsible long-term path that avoids future funding cliffs and last-minute funding patches."

 

However, Romney's recent selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate has spurred new questions about how a Romney administration would treat Pell grants compared to Obama in a second term.

There's no doubt that the "Ryan budget," the fiscal year 2013 budget resolution passed by the House, would severely diminish Pell grants. It would lower the income level at which students qualify for an automatic maximum grant, create a maximum income to be eligible for a grant, reduce the amount of income a student or family can keep to cover minimal living expenses before being expected to contribute toward college costs, freeze the maximum grant at the fiscal year 2012 level of $5,550, and make students attending school less than half-time ineligible for grants.

 

It would also end the entitlement portion of the program, which is designed to ensure funding is automatically allocated for every student who qualifies for a Pell grant, opening the door for future cuts.

 

Under the Ryan budget, more than 1 million students would no longer be eligible for Pell grants in the next decade, according to Education Trust, and those who did qualify would receive less aid. This would do a disservice to millions of needy students. And while there is no way to guarantee that Romney would follow the Ryan template, some of his recent statements about student debt suggest he may.

 

In contrast, President Obama has been a strong supporter of Pell grants. He is not further reducing eligibility, would retain the entitlement funding portion, and allow increases in the maximum grant that would track inflation and the rise in tuition costs.

 

The president claims to have more than doubled the total amount of funding available for Pell grants since he took office, although the Student Loan Ranger has been disappointed that he has funded Pell grants in part by eliminating other helpful benefits, such as the in-school interest benefit on subsidized Stafford loans for graduate students, and allowing students to get additional Pell grants for summer enrollment.